Improvement in system of flambeau-like lighting-appaeatus,gc



EDMOND ARMAND Louis DARGY, ou PARIS, FRANCE.

Letters Patent No. 74,513, ,dated February V18, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN SYSTEM 0F FLAMBEAU-IIKE LIGHTING-APPARATUM.

4titi ,ttetnlc referat in in that trttat atmt mit nmtingptrt nt tige sami.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY 'CONCERNz Be it known' that I, EDMOND ARMAND' LOUIS D'ARGY, of Paris, in the French Empire, manufacturer, have invented a System of Flambeaudike Lighting-Apparatus, Fed Vby Light Mineral and other, Oilsf and I do hereby declare Vthat-the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription ot' the same, reference being had to the annexed sheet of drawings, making a part of 'the same.

My invention consists in a new lighting-apparatus of the genus ambeau, candlestick, lite., fe'dgby' light mineral or other oils.

This lighting-apparatus is composed ot` I.: A. closed interiorcapacity for storing upthe oil to burn in the liquid state. r v

II. A small cup placed above thesaid capacity, and into which is dipping'the wick called corde/line." This cup is fed by the mere rocking or turning upside down of the apparatus, either lit" or not.

III. ALburner above the small cup. f This'burner Vis composed,iirst, of an obturator'scretved-in the body or "frame of the. apparatus, so as to act as tap or stopper in the oil-reservoir or eapacity,`but instead of the screw-thread, any other suitable closingldevice lmay be substituted; second, an insulator vmade ofsome `calorifugal material which is had conductor of heat or c a'loric; third, of awick, socalled cordelnefy formed in two. parts, the one',-whix:h sucks the oil, by capillarity,.out of the cup, and the other,which is intended to burn, being thc'only one that wants to be vreplaced for another when consumed.; these two wicks are superposed on and contiguous to one another ;-1`ou rth, of a burner, properly said, or a plain tube, into which is tightly confined that part of the wick which is lit, and the upper end of the combustible liquid-conveying wick. This burner is provided with al regulator-ot' the height of the ila-me by the height to be given to the 'burning prick. This regulator shams a stearine-candle end.

IV. A small inside tube, whereby the pressure is established round the interior part of the reservoir, without any atmospheric air being, for all that, admitted within the apparatus. This tnbeis merely intended to prevent the vacuum from beingmade within, and thus preventing the regular ascent of the combustible liquid. It is made spiral, so that the oil, onfthe'upturning motion, for the feed of the cup, may have a long cross-traject -to run, and consequently have no' sufficient time lleft to ilow out.

VQ'A glass chimney, which part of the lighting-apparatus lmay be suppressed or dispensed with, as it is not intended to produce the draught,- but merely toprevent a slight current of external air from blowing the iame out.

VI. I also add to my flambeau, madein two movable par-ts, la socle, in which I place a paper strewn with phosphorous pastils, which, on being rubbed against a pin, will be inilamed, and thus serve t'o light 'the wick.

In the'accompanying drawing I have represented two'specimens. of a lamp-amheau of my invention.

Figure 1 is a central vertical'section of the flambeau, which is not disjointable, the whole body ot it forming a capacity. l A

Figure 2l is a central vertical section of the same, but liable to 'be disjointed or taken to two pieces, the npper'portion of the body alone-constituting o. capacity, or the oil-reservoir. I

` Figure 3 is apartial plan of-the socle.l 4

In `these iig'uresithe same letters o i' reference indicate the same parts where they recur.

I will describe, rst, the iambeau with thc lighting-pastille, and which is liable to-.b'e disjointed.

a, capacitycontaining theoil. This capacity can slide so far as '5, into a socket formedin the socle o?. It may be readily fitted Vin said socket, -and aseasily remoyed from it. c, rubbing-pin, on which the phosphorous pastils e are to bes' rubbed, which pastils are, as aforesaid, strewn, in the manner of a. quincunx,on a pasteboard sheet lodged or insertedfunder the socle d. When allathe pasti'ls are consumed, lthey may be replaced by others. To lightV the wick, Ithe iiambeau is disjointedor tanken to two pieces, by causing thetwo parts to sep arate, which two parts are put together again when the wick is lit. j', little'cup fed from the reservo'irva. It suilces for that tolha-ve `the lighting-apparatus turned upside' down. g, wick ,in one or rather `two parts,r the `lower part or wickbeing held by a small pin, h. hfsocli'ets screwed on the reservoira. z', wooden or other caloriiugal washer. 7', mock'stearinefcand'le end. It is formed of china, glass, tite., and shams a stearines candle end. Inside this`is the tube k, sliding on the tubeforming issue Z, in whichV the wick passes and isdetained. The tube 7c, by shooting a greater or less portion of the wick-end g, regulates the ilame, `and .when

ence being in its being not dis) desired puts it entirely out. m, little capillary spiral tube, for the purposenbove specified; thetis to say, when the flambeau. is turned upside down, for supplying with o il the cupf, theessonce does indeed fiow .inte seid tube, but Iitsrnn being comparatively long, and crossed by the windings or'spires of' the tube, not n singlel drop f the liquid shall be'spilt, dwing to the lack o f time, which wouldre'quireitsrunning-out through thenarrow spiral channel; and on tlxel'almbenu beingset upright againfthisliquid will g'o back again tothe reservoira. Several burners disposed'beside one nother may constitute a. ch'andelier. v

As far as concerns the ambeau shown, iig. 1, it is needless to describe it more particularly; the only diier- 'ointable or lformed with articulations, both the 'mainbodya andthe socle d being mede to Vcontain oil within them'.

Claims. The system'of lampdlambeau, as described, the principal features of which are- 1; The combination of the rem'ovable reservoir it, base d, and cup f, said reservoir adapted to be inverted for feeding the oil to 'the`cup, as herein shown and described.-

2. The pressure spiral tube m, for the purpose of preventing the oil inside froui being spilt'outwlien the flambeau is turned upside'down.

i y'lhewooden or equivalent washer e', in combination with the reservoir a and socket h, as hereindescribed;

.for the purpose specified.

'4. The combination of the pastils e with the base, d, of the liambeuu und the pine, substantially as described,

for the purpose specified. Y

' E, DARGY.

Witnesses:

E. THIERRY, DEMos. 

